Tag Archives: Tom Enders

The Airbus Foundation welcomes Fab Foundation Director Sherry Lassiter to its College of External Experts

TOULOUSE, 14-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Airbus Foundation’s College of External Experts consists of five representatives from NGOs as well as the aerospace business. Their mission is to provide guidance and expertise in their respective fields to the Foundation’s Board of … Read the full press release

Philippe Mhun named Chief Programmes and Services Officer for Airbus Commercial Aircraft

Didier Evrard to retire after 41 years at Airbus TOULOUSE, 14-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) has appointed Philippe Mhun, 56, as Chief Programmes and Services Officer for Airbus Commercial Aircraft, effective 01 January 2019. Mhun, currently … Read the full press release

Airbus Foundation conducts workshops of the Airbus Little Engineer programme in Singapore

Cooperation with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Space and Technology Association         Programme reached 75 students during two workshops about A380 and Space         Mr NG Chee Meng, Minister for … Read the full press release

Airbus SE: simpler structure, faster decision-making, less bureaucracy, greater collaboration and increased efficiency

Company united under single brand following corporate reorganisation     TOULOUSE, 03-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) on 1 July integrated as planned its Group structure with its largest division, Commercial Aircraft. Following a reorganisation announced in September … Read the full press release

Airbus To Establish Its First Greenfield Training City in Asia

New Delhi, India, 21-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus is setting up a greenfield training facility at Aerocity, New Delhi, to support India’s growing need for Airbus aircraft pilots and maintenance engineers. The ground-breaking for the Airbus India Training Centre was performed … Read the full press release

Airbus announces the appointment of Mikail Houari as President for Africa and the Middle East

Mikail succeeds Habib Fekih who retires after 30 years Dubai, UAE, 21-Feb-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus has appointed Mikail Houari, 50, as President for Africa and the Middle East region. Mikail, who previously served as Deputy President for Africa and the … Read the full press release

Airbus Group on WTO Panel DS487 report: Boeing must give up these massive tax subsidies

Extends the WTO’s earlier condemnation of massive illegal subsidies to Boeing to 26 billion USD in the form of wholly non-refundable corporate welfare. This is the single largest state-level instance of corporate welfare in US history. The subsidy package condemned … Read the full press release

Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders joins the flight test team for Airbus Perlan Mission II as it starts pressurised flights

Minden, Nevada, 08-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders worked alongside the all-volunteer flight test team for Airbus Perlan Mission II this weekend, as the program achieved a historic milestone with the start of pressurised flights. The Perlan … Read the full press release

Airbus Group CTO Jean Botti leaves the company

Will pursue new career opportunity outside aerospace after successful decade as CTO Jean Botti climbed the ranks of the aviation industry as the “father of electric flight” Succession is subject to a comprehensive review of the Group’s innovation, R&T set-up … Read the full press release

Die Airbus Group trauert um den ehemaligen Vorsitzenden der Geschäftsführung der Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB), Dr.-Ing. Hanns-Arnt Vogels

Toulouse, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Airbus Group trauert um den ehemaligen Vorsitzenden der Geschäftsführung der Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB), Dr.-Ing. Hanns-Arnt Vogels. Der Ingenieur und Manager starb am 11. August 2015 im Alter von 89 Jahren in Düsseldorf. MBB gehört … Read the full press release

Airbus Group Board of Directors approved top management appointments as proposed by Airbus Group CEO Enders and Airbus CEO Brégier

AMSTERDAM, 17-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Airbus Group (stock exchange symbol: AIR) has approved the following top management appointments as proposed by Airbus Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Enders and Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier, effective … Read the full press release

Airbus Group and Safran announce the creation of their new Joint Venture named Airbus Safran Launchers

New Company With Initial Workforce of 450 Will be Named Airbus Safran Launchers Transaction Reaffirms Companies’ Determination to Boost Competitiveness and Ensure Profitability of European Space Launcher Business ESA Approval of Industrial Ariane 6 Proposal Confirms the Relevance of the … Read the full press release

Airbus Group UK appoints Paul Kahn as president from 1st October 2014

Following more than nine years in the role Robin Southwell is to step down from his position as President of Airbus Group UK from end September 2014. Paul Kahn appointed President of Airbus Group UK from 1 October 2014 LONDON, … Read the full press release

EADS group rebranded as “Airbus Group”, to change its legal name to European Company SE (Societas Europaea) by 2015

EADS rebranded as Airbus Group Divisions named Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space, and Airbus Helicopters Airbus Group targets conversion of legal form into European Company SE by 2015 Toulouse, France, 6-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Taking off into the New Year, the EADS … Read the full press release

EADS presented restructuring plan for its future Airbus Defence and Space Division (Airbus DS) to European Works Council

Restructuring plan presented to EADS European Works Council Concentration of sites across Group’s four “home countries” and consolidation of legal entities Reduction of 5,800 positions at future “Airbus Defence and Space” Division and Corporate functions Toulouse, France / Leiden, Netherlands, 10-12-2013 … Read the full press release

EADS marks 50 years Franco-German cooperation under the Élysée Treaty with special internship programme

Toulouse,  8-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty and promoting Franco-German cooperation, EADS has teamed up with the Franco-German Youth Office (Office Franco-Allemand pour la Jeunesse OFAJ/ Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk DFJW) to launch a … Read the full press release

EADS made € 500,000 donation to flood victims in Germany

13-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European aerospace group EADS is donating € 500,000 to the victims of the catastrophic floods in Germany. The company is transferring the money to the German Red Cross, which will organise how it is put to … Read the full press release

EADS Reports Improved Q1 2013 Results, Full Year 2013 Guidance Reaffirmed

• Revenues increase 9 percent to € 12.4 billion  • EBIT* before one-off rises 56 percent to € 741 million • Net Income rises 91 percent to € 241 million Amsterdam 14-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EADS (stock exchange symbol: EAD) achieved … Read the full press release

Construction begins on Airbus’ U.S. Assembly Line in Mobile, Alabama

Opportunity for some 1,000 high-skilled workers direct and many more in supply chain Blagnac, 18-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Airbus manufacturing in the United States advanced another step closer to reality today in Mobile, Alabama, as construction of the company’s A320 Family Assembly … Read the full press release